“…Many agarolytic bacteria have been identified from seawater, marine algae, and marine sediments, including Agarivorans (Fu, Lin, & Kim, 2008;Lin et al, 2012), Alteromonas (Potin et al, 1993), Catenovulum (Cui, Dong, Shi, Zhao, & Zhang, 2014), Cytophaga (Duckworth & Turvey, 1969), Flammeovirga (Hou, Chen, Chan, & Zeng, 2015;Yang et al, 2011), Microbulbifer (Jonnadula & Ghadi, 2011;Miyazaki et al, 2008;Ohta et al, 2004), Microscilla (Naganuma, Coury, Polne-Fuller, Gibor, & Horikoshi, 1993;Zhong et al, 2001), Paenibacillus (Mei et al, 2014), Pseudoalteromonas (Chi, Park, Kang, & Hong, 2014;Lu et al, 2009;Oh et al, 2010;Vera, Alvarez, Murano, Slebe, & Leon, 1998;Xavier Chiura & Kita-Tsukamoto, 2000), Pseudomonas (Belas, Bartlett, & Silverman, 1988;Morrice, McLean, Williamson, & Long, 1983), Pseudozobellia (Nedashkovskaya et al, 2009), Saccharophagus (Ekborg et al, 2006), Vibrio (Sugano et al, 1993;Zhang & Sun, 2007), and Zobellia (Jam et al, 2005). These agarolytic bacteria metabolize agar primarily with β-agarase.…”